#E5DE72#E5DE72

#E5DE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.131 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DE72
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -11.80, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 54.55, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0347 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.131 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.4733, 70.1173, 26.2121)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DE72 #7279E5

analogous

#E5A572 #E5DE72 #B2E572

triadic

#E5DE72 #72E5DE #DE72E5

tetradic

#E5DE72 #72E5A5 #7279E5 #E572B2

square

#E5DE72 #72E5A5 #7279E5 #E572B2

split-complementary

#E5DE72 #72B2E5 #A572E5

monochromatic

#BAB122 #DBD23E #E5DE72 #EFEAA6 #F8F6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E5DE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E5DE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DE72

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DE72	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5de72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.131 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe89d',
    500: '#e5de72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5de72;
$custom-light: #efe89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5de72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88431,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DE72

secondary

#4148BA

accent

#20D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DE72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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